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Correa blamed opposition-party members of the Council for Citizen Participation of not fighting corruption adequately. [9] Correa's older brother Fabricio, an engineer and president of Aplitec SA, is alleged to have received government contracts on which he collected about $700 million and overcharged by about $140 million.
Once the charges were dismissed, he was able to resume his campaign; however, he lost the election. [3] After his defeat, he was arrested on charges of insult and espionage following his criticisms of the Correa administration. [17] He fled to Peru and during his asylum in the country, all charges against him were dropped in February 2018. [3]
Hospital arrest. Election fraud charges, later dismissed [94] 2012: Hospital arrest. Corruption charges, later dismissed [95] Yousaf Raza Gillani Pakistan: Prime Minister of Pakistan (2008–2012) 2012: Contempt of court [96] Nambaryn Enkhbayar Mongolia: Prime Minister of Mongolia (2000–2004) President of Mongolia (2005–2009) 2012 ...
RC has lost two straight presidential elections since Correa stepped down. The former president lives in Belgium and has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to prison, something he says is ...
A local organizer in Ecuador's Esmeraldas province for the political movement founded by ex-President Rafael Correa, was assassinated on Monday, party leaders said, less than a week after a ...
Federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges Friday against New York City Mayor Eric Adams after a Justice Department directive questioned the political timing of the case and said it hindered ...
Satirical banner (in Catalan) at a rally, parodying the President brand of cheese spread with the tagline a president easy to spread (bribe).. The Gürtel case was a major political corruption scandal in Spain that implicated hundreds of officers of the People's Party (PP), Spain's major conservative party, some of whom were subsequently forced to resign or were suspended.
The same day, the Justice Department instructed Danielle Sassoon, then the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.